The good deals edition, featuring reasonably priced clothes you actually want to wear

The Spring Style Awards Shoe Hall of Fame

The Spring Style Awards Shoe Hall of Fame

There is a difference between a bargain and a good deal. A bargain tends to be cheap, found in overstuffed bins or on picked-over racks, and anyone schooled in basic math can spot one. A good deal, though, means that for whatever reason, the value of a prospective purchase — its distinctive design, its high quality, its look and feel — exceeds the price you're being asked to pay for it, and it takes some training and know-how to know one when you see one. Take this sharply cut double-breasted two-piece from Banana Republic's BR Monogram line. It costs just $700, a miracle of economy that creative director Simon Kneen once attributed to the brand's ability to use its scale to cut deals with Italian textile mills. That translates into luxury cloths at accessible prices, and along with the rest of the good deals in this section, it shows just how far you can make your money, and style, go this spring.

Category: Travel

Category: Travel

For excellence in durability, versatility, and all-around great design

Best Sweater: Tommy Hilfiger

The latest evidence that Hilfiger knows how men want to dress right now: this take on the Breton-style blue-and-white sweater, a cross between a crewneck sweatshirt (notice the V imprint on the collar) and a long-sleeved cotton tee. It's pretty much the only second layer you need for the road. Cotton sweater ($98) by Tommy Hilfiger.

Best Travel Bag: Dooney & Bourke

Your mom's favorite handbag maker is beefing up its men's line for 2012 with luggage and bags like this one: sturdy and masculine. Leather bag ($895) by Dooney & Bourke.

Best Coat: Coach

Reed Krakoff and his team at Coach made their names applying smart details to leather goods, and their approach to outerwear is the same. This mackintosh is a cool shade of gray, for starters, rather than typical khaki, and it has a detachable hood with toggles; a sporty midthigh length and a close fit; and a contrast undercollar, visible only when you flip it up. Wear it, pack it, crumple it up: It'll look good no matter what. Cotton raincoat ($798) by Coach.

Best Nonjeans: J Brand

J Brand knows how jeans should fit, and this season it's expanding its nondenim offerings. These pants — not quite chinos yet definitely not jeans — are made from a durable twill that is garment-dyed and then hand-sanded to give them just the right amount of distress. They're tough yet soft to the touch, and they also have a killer fit. Cotton trousers ($192) by J Brand.

Best Suede Boots: Kenneth Cole

You're going to see a lot of rounded suede shoes and boots this spring — it's a trend, we guess — and Kenneth Cole's desert boots hit the sweet spot of design and value. They come in multiple colors, but we prefer the versatility of classic beige. Suede boots ($198) by Kenneth Cole.

Brand-New Bag: This macro-take on a leather doctor's bag is a sharp alternative to duffel bags and roller cases as usual.